HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/19/2002 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2002, AUTHORI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER:
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 19, 2002FROM:
Don Bachman
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No.014,2002,Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Capital Projects Fund Traffic Signal Timing System and Streets Facility Expansion Projects to the
Traffic Operations Facility Capital Project to be used to Construct a Facility to House the Advanced
Traffic Operations System and Supporting Operations.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Ordinance No. 014,2002, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 5,2002,
authorizes the appropriation of funds for the construction of a Traffic Operations Facility to provide
housing for the new Advanced Traffic Operations System computers and staff.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM "UMBER` 19
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 5, 2002
STAFF: Don Bachman
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 014, 2002, Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Capital Projects Fund Traffic Signal Timing System and Streets Facility Expansion Projects to the
Traffic Operations Facility Capital Project to Be Used to Construct a Facility to House the Advanced
Traffic Operations System and Supporting Operations.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o CeOrdi oceoPtRezdyin
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This item transfers$1,763,454 from existing Transportation Fund capital project appropriations to
the existing Traffic Operations Facility Project as follows:
From Project 30515500 StreeUv�acili pan V' Facyili
$ 778,454
From Project 30522400 Tr place 985.000
Total Transfer to Project 305 $1,763,454
Existing Project 30517000 Traffic Operations Facility Appropriation 405,000
Resulting Project 30517000 Traffic Operations Facility Budget $2,168,454
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Construction of the Traffic Operations Facility will provide housing for the new Advanced Traffic
Operations System computers and staff. There is resently no ad uate permanent space available
for the ATMS operation. It als w t c o t o raffic Operations engineering,
administrative, and signal m tenanc erso 1 nd siding at Streets Operations and
Utilities Operations into one l lion ets d ilities ha need for the space to be vacated.
BACKGROUND:
In prior years Council appropriated $5,000,000 to a project to replace the existing traffic control
system with a state-of-the-art Advanced Traffic Operations System(ATMS). Subsequently,the City
was awarded a Federal Intelligent Transportation System grant in the amount of$992,018,for a total
project amount of$5,992,018. Of this amount$985,000 is set aside to develop the ATMS control
center to be constructed in a Traffic Operations Building. A previous appropriation of$405,000 was
also made for a Traffic Operations Facility project. The balance of the traffic building funding
($778,454)comes from the Streets Operation facility expansion budget. The traffic facility and the
streets facility expansion were originally set up as interdependent phases of a common undertaking
to rearrange the traffic and deicing operations at Streets. The ATMS project dictates that the phases
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be reordered. As needed,additional funds to complete the de-icing element will come from future
revenues.
A parcel on Linden Street at the west end of the Streets Operations property,adjacent to the BNRR
tracks,has been reserved for the construction of the traffic facility. Design of the 9,200 square foot
building has been underway since summer 2001. Bid advertisement is tentatively scheduled for
February 2002. The building is expected to be completed in fall 2002. The elements of the AIMS
which will be operable in mid-2002 will be controlled from temporary space at Streets Operations
until the building is ready.